Family Counseling Services in Redwood City CA.

Sean Faulkner, MFTi

Marriage and Family Therapist Intern

Issues arise in a family for a multitude of reasons, both big and small. In individual or marriage/couples counseling, the individual or parental unit learns skills to apply in their everyday life, including at home. In family therapy, I will work with your family and your values to help you resolve issues in a collaborative, effective and structured manner. I will work with you and your family in developing communication skills that allow each member of the family to express his/her needs in an open and honest way. Because we work within your family's value-system, the family unit learns and develops these skills together, knowing their thoughts and needs were acknowledged and respected

Jim Hutt, Ph.D., MFT

Marriage and Family Therapist

Family struggles do not have to be endless, even though it might seem like it. If that's the situation in your family, here is your opportunity to begin to break the cycle of familial strife and unhappiness. Fewer and fewer therapists are being trained in family therapy, and as a result, few therapist provide family therapy. Well, I do provide it, and have been for 30+ years. Even if the whole or parts of family refuse to come in initially or ever, you can come in yourself, and begin to get relief. Remember, when one part of the family system shifts the entire family will shift. It's OK to be a change agent of the family.

Philip Rahm, Ph.D.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Dysfunctional family interactions can sapped the life energy out of every family member. While all relationships have conflicts from time to time, sometimes relationships can get stuck in repetitive patterns of arguments and disagreements that result in partners or family members feel unheard, dismissed, unappreciated, or worse. These negative patterns can lead to intense negative emotional reactions and dissatisfaction within the couple or family, that challenge the core of the relationship, cause personal internal turmoil, and can derail other important aspects of our lives. Family therapy can help in first recognizing and then changing those negative dysfunctional patterns.

Jill Cooper, MA, LMFT, ATR

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I am trained and experienced in providing family therapy. I frequently work with families with young children and/or teens because these can be challenging years. If your child or teen is experiencing difficulties then the entire family is impacted. Family Therapy by itself, or combined with individual therapy, can be an effective method for helping children and/or teenagers with their difficulties, helping parents, improving communication, and restoring some balance and harmony to your family. Family therapy is also useful during or after divorce, remarriage, or during trauma, or stressful experiences. Please contact me today for a free phone consultation

Barbara Cohen, LMFT, MA

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

One needs to look at a family as a system. By this I mean that every member of the nuclear (and extended) family interacts with one another as well as the whole. If any element of the system changes or alters its behavior, the entire system experiences disharmony and disruption -- the homeostasis or equilibrium is altered. For families to function in harmony, a restructured equilibrium needs to be established. My job with you and your family is to help you identify where the interactions are skewed and to help facilitate movement toward a healthier dynamic.

Jayn Rajandran, LMFT, CGE, DTS, MA I/O Psychology

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

You will be taught to explore with each family member how they function in the midst of your family and when alone. This helps your family members focus less on one particular person and focus more on the impact it has on the family as a whole. As a team, we will identify the various roadblocks as a result of conflicts and the unnecessary anxieties that arise, as a result of. We will then develop strategies that helps to solve them. This helps to strengthen the family unit which helps family members work on their problems without assigning blame. We will also handle conflicts and changes arising within the family as a result of therapy. Your family's strengths are utilized at all levels

Alice Locke-Chezar, MFT, ATR

Marriage & Family Therapist, Registered Art Therapist

When one person in the family is hurting the entire family is hurting. I work with stressed families to help them gain greater understanding of their difficulties, including ways to recognize maladaptive behaviors that may be getting in the way of their working together. Using a family systems approach I help the family to heal and move forward with compassion and understanding.

Bette Kiernan, MFT

Bette U. Kiernan, Licensed Marriage, Family, Child Therapist

A family is a "system", like a cell or marsh environment. Natural laws are at work in the structure any organization; whether a family or community grouping. Groups move towards balance. When a family is in serious distress, they draw closer to each other by focus on a person with symptoms, or a famlly "scapegoat". Any "different" person may act out underlying family pain . The famly focuses attention on the problem person so their underlying patterns are submerged. I gently undercover the underlying distress to free the family from the spell of dysfunction. Communication, problem solving, and partental bonding contribute to fulfilling connections.

Windows of Opportunity Counseling Services

Windows of Opportunity Counseling Services

Family is the most important thing. However, sometimes stress and life transitions cause conflict and distress. Family members sometimes lose connection with each other. Our approach to resolving conflict and disconnection is heart-felt and based upon the idea that we all need to be connected to out loved ones. We believe all behavior makes sense and that if you get at the underlying needs and feelings propelling a behavior, you can resolve the issue. We help families repair ruptures by using empathic client centered interventions, which open up communication so that it is much fuller and deeper opening up a new dimension for the family. The benefit is a happy and cohesive family unit.

Jeremy Rhoades, MFT, LPCC

Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

What is family therapy? How will it benefit me? Often, we find ourselves caught up in a system, so much so that it becomes hard to make changes because by definition a system tries to maintain its status quo. A family is a system of relationships. Whether your goal is to improve communication with your children, care for your aging parents, or figure out how much experimentation is appropriate at a specific age or stage of family life, therapy is a place where you can momentarily step outside of the normal context of the system and finesse its inner workings. (Or, make big decisions and develop a plan for action!) See my coupon on Theravive.com for a free 30 minute consultation.

Family Counseling Redwood City CA.

If you are in California and seek assistance with parenting and extended family, or perhaps you are dealing with issues in your children, or trying to work out harmony in a blended family, family counseling Redwood City CAcan help. Theravive is the best source for effective Redwood City CA family therapy in California. A professional Redwood City CA family therapist has training and expertise in family dynamics both in and outside the home and can help resolve toxic and broken relationships. Please contact a Redwood City, CA family counselor to begin your new commitment to beneficial change.

Welcome to our network of family therapists in Redwood City. Strife and turmoil in the home, or with extended family, can damage many of our relationships. Family counseling Redwood City, CA with a licensed and skilled family counselor can help find common ground, and begin restoration and healing. We hope that you will contact any one of our Redwood City family counselors below for more information and to book an appointment.

You can move through the issues and find the new freedom that you hope for. We are here to help you make the first step. Make your journey the road you have longed to travel...don't be afraid to reach out, contact a therapist, and get beyond.